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CHARLES E. IVIIEELER, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO I. IV. IVHEELER dz CO., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR STRIPING CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,542, dated April 21, 1896.

Application filed February 15, 1896. Serial No. 579,408. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. WHEELER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cambridge, in the county of MiddleseX and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Striping Cloth, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine for striping cloth in oil-colors, and it is particularly well adapted for striping awningcloth with oil-colors, although it may to advantage be used for other similar purposes.

The invention is carried out as follows,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a top plan view of the improved machine. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a detail side elevation of the fountain striping device. Fig. 4. represents a cross-section on the line 4 4 shown in Fig. Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal section on the line 5 5 shown in Fig. 4:, and Fig. 6 represents a similar longitudinal section on the line 6 6 shown in Fig. 4.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

A in Figs. 1 and 2 represents the cloth that is to-be striped, being preferably taken from a pile A, laid on the floor, or from a reel or otherwise as may be most convenient and practical.

The cloth is conducted from the pile or supply A to and through a suitable tension device preferably composed of parallel slats or bars B B B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but other equivalent or well-known tension devices may be used to equal advantage without departing from the essence of my invention.

The tension device is secured to a suitable frame B and preferably provided at its upper portion with suitable guides b b for properly guiding the cloth to the striping mechanism, which consists of an oil-paint holder or fountain C, preferably made in the form of a hollow cylinder which is closed at its ends by means of suitable caps C C and provided at one end with a filling-orifice-C, as shown in the drawings. The said oil-paint holder C is adj ustably secured in position at a right angle to the cloth A preferably by means of clamps D, having adjustable covers D, between which the fountain C is secured by means of screws (1 and nuts d, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

I prefer to arrange within the cylinder C a stirrer-shaft E, journaledin the ends C C and provided with a suitable wing E for the purpose of stirring and agitating the paint within the fountain C during the striping operation. Rotary motion may be imparted to said stirrer-shaft by means of a crank E or other suitable mechanism, as may be desired.

The cylinder C is provided on its exterior with a longitudinal stretcher-bar C against which the cloth is held as it is being drawn in contact with the under side of said fountain C, and said bar'C serves for the purpose of stretching the cloth and keeping it smooth and even without wrinkles before the paint is applied to it. Close to the said stretcherbar are made through the wall of the fountain C a series of paint-ejectors or stripertubes C C", in contact with which the cloth is held as it is being fed onward to the winding-up device.

F is a loosely-rotating guide-roller having its ends journaled in a suitable frame G, on top of which is secured a water-containing box or receptacle H, in which is immersed a loosely-rotating roller I, having its ends journaled in suitable stationary bearings, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The roller I serves for the purpose of dampening the cloth on its under side after having been striped by the oil-paint escaping from the ejectors 0 C and thereby preventing the unpainted portions of the cloth from wrinkling or puckering.

After leaving the moistening-roller I the the cloth is carried over the guide-roller K to the reel L, upon which the now striped cloth is wound.

In practice I prefer to journal the roller K and reel L in a movable carriage M, mounted on wheels or rollers m m, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to enable the reeledup painted cloth to be readily transferred to racks upon which the painted cloth is hung to dry after being reeled off from the roller L.

The operation is as follows: The cloth coming from the pile A passes through the tension device and beneath the oil-paint-containing fountain or receptacle 0, and in so doing it is stretched by contact with the stationary stretcher-bar C and afterward brought in close contact with the paint-ejecting tubes or orifices 0 through which thin coatings of oil-paint are allowed to escape onto the upper side of the cloth in the form of parallel stripes a a, as shown in Fig. 1. After being thus striped the cloth passes over the guide-roller F to and in contact with the moistening-roller I, where it is dampened on its under side, so as to prevent the unpainted portions of the cloth from wrinkling, after which the now painted cloth is carried over the guide-roller K and wound directly upon the reel L, from which it is subsequently unwound and placed on suitable racks for drying.

In practice I locate the reel-holding frame or carriage M at a proper distance from the moistening-roller I, to permit the paint on the cloth to partially set before being wound up onto the reel L.

By this, my improved machine, awningcloth or similar materials can rapidly and most evenly be striped with oil-paint and wound directly upon a reel, as specified.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation of my invention, I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim- 1. In a machine for striping cloth, a paintholding fountain or receptacle having on its exterior alongitudinal ledge or stretcher-bar and a series of paint-delivery tubes in contact with which the cloth is held as it is being drawn onward during the striping operation substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a machine for striping cloth a paintreceptacle having on its outside a stretcherbar and a series of paint-delivery tubes combined with an internal stirring device substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a machine for striping cloth in combination a tension device, a paint-receptacle having a stretcher-bar and a series of paintdelivery tubes, a moistening-roller and a r0 tary reel upon which the cloth is wound after being striped substantially as and for the pu rpose set forth.

4. In a machine for striping cloth, in combination a tension device, a paint-receptacle having a stretcher-bar and a series of paintdelivery tubes, a moisteningroller, and a portable carriage containing a reel upon which the painted cloth is directly wound as it comes from the striping-machine substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 12th day of February, A. D. 1896.

CHARLES E. \VHEELE R.

\Vitnesses 2 ALBAN ANDREN, LAURITZ N. MoLLEI-i. 

